Chapter 333: Broken Funds
. Shumilou.CoM.Shumilou.Co
On March 9, at noon on the third day after Zhou Ming signed the contract with Namm Advertising Company, Zhou Ming drove to a high-end café in the city, where Hussein, the chairman of the advertising company, was already waiting, and when he saw Zhou Ming coming, he immediately stood up and waved to Zhou Ming.
"I'm sorry to be late, but you know that I studied at Harvard, so does Chairman Hussein have something to say to me today?" Zhou Ming asked first.
Hussein nodded and said: "I have two good news to tell Mr. Zhou Ming today, the first is about your advertisement, because the recent schedule of the Harrys is just right, so all the filming work has been completed yesterday, and the rest is only post-editing and other special effects production, these work we have taken to Hollywood to do, and it will be completed in no more than three days at most." ”
Zhou Ming said: "Soon, as promised by the chairman before, I can get the advertisement before Valentine's Day." ”
"It's our aim to do what we say!" Hussain said, "but it also has something to do with the fact that the shooting of advertisements is relatively easy, after all, it is a short matter of parents, and the Harrys happen to be experts in this area, so it ended perfectly in a few hours, if it wasn't for the schedule for a day, otherwise I would have asked Mr. Zhou Ming to play tennis with me yesterday." ”
"I still don't want tennis, I'm a super rookie, and it's okay to play table tennis. Zhou Ming snorted, and then asked, "The chairman said that there are two good news, but I don't know what the other is?"
"It's lunch today, Mr. Zhou Ming, you should remember that I once said that I can help you make an appointment with the person in charge of the TV station's advertising center. ”
In the face of Hussein's words, Zhou Ming nodded to indicate that he remembered, and then said: "It's noon today, he will come over soon, and you can talk about the advertising price of the TV station." ”
Zhou Ming nodded and thanked Hussein, and then waited for a while, a white man about sixty years old walked in, Hussein waved at him, Zhou Ming knew that this was the person he said was Mr. Wilson, the head of the advertising center.
Wilson walked over, Hussein and Zhou Ming got up to greet him, and Hussein also introduced him and Zhou Ming to each other.
After getting to know each other, Hussein sat down with him and said, "Mr. Wilson, I have already told you before, this Mr. Zhou Ming, he needs to broadcast a few commercials in prime time on Brighton City TV. ”
"This thing is very difficult to do," Wilson said to Zhou Ming, "after all, now our advertisements have been inserted into the time, the congestion is like the streets of downtown New York, if you want to insert advertisements in it, I am afraid it will be difficult, if Mr. Zhou Ming really wants to, you can participate in our advertising bidding activities in the second half of June, when we will replace a batch of advertisements, maybe there will be a place." ”
"But Mr. Wilson, I don't want to wait until then, I don't know if there's a way to get my ad in now? Zhou Ming said.
"Then it's just garbage time. Wilson said, "From one o'clock in the morning to five o'clock in the morning, I can give you any time in between, even if you want to play a five-minute or ten-minute advertisement, I can allocate it to you, and there is a great discount in terms of price, the longer the time, the greater the discount, Mr. Zhou Ming, do you want to consider it?"
Hussein looked at Zhou Ming with some embarrassment, as if he didn't expect this situation, Zhou Ming thought for a while and said: "Mr. Wilson is really as generous as Chairman Hussein introduced, and he is also very willing to think about others. ”
After Zhou Ming finished boasting, he immediately changed the conversation and continued: "But I think the discount period is not suitable for me, or my product, in contrast, I still prefer prime time, because I need more people to be able to see, I know that Mr. Wilson is the supreme commander of the TV station's advertising center, and he is a very capable and talented person, I believe you will be able to think of a way for me." ”
Wilson laughed, and he said to Hussein, "Did you bring this friend? I can't help but say that he is really good at talking, at least I have been persuaded by him." ”
Wilson then said to Zhou Ming: "I can help you check if there is an advertising contract that has expired recently, or that some companies can't afford to pay for advertising and need to be temporarily removed, but I said in the front, even if there is, such a temporary insertion of advertising will require a lot of extra money, and it is not necessarily a permanent agreement, it will be taken down at any time." ”
"No problem, as long as I didn't pay for it and I couldn't get it played. Zhou Ming said.
Wilson nodded, he took out his mobile phone and made a call in front of Zhou Ming and Hussein, and said to Zhou Ming after he was over: " You're lucky, there happens to be such an ad in prime time right now, and for some reason we need to remove it temporarily, you can add your ad to it, the time is twenty seconds, and the tender price is $300,000 per second, but considering temporary factors, you can be given $2,000 per second per day, but you need to pay $30,000 for admission, and at the same time, you have to pay at least ten days of advertising, what do you think?"
Zhou Ming nodded and stretched out his hand to Wilson: "No problem at all, deal." ”
"Deal. Wilson shook Zhou Ming's hand.
After the meal, Wilson left first because the TV station had something to do, leaving only Zhou Ming and Hussein, Zhou Ming asked Hussein: "Chairman, how is the outdoor advertising?"
"The exhibition boards and the advertising sketches for the bus and subway have already come out, and I will be ready in a day or two at most. "I also helped you contact the outdoor advertising company, and they agreed that your ad would be placed in the most prominent position on all the most crowded platforms, but you would have to pay them $60,000 a week." ”
"No problem, but I need you to get the ad out as soon as possible, and then I'll sign a contract with them. Zhou Ming said.
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhou Ming, our Namm advertising agency has never delayed our clients from making money. Hussein said.
At this time, Zhou Ming's mobile phone suddenly rang, Hussein didn't bother Zhou Ming and left first, Zhou Ming answered the phone, and he was stunned.
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At the same time, not far from Zhou Ming, Wharton was sitting in his car observing Zhou Ming, his phone also rang, he immediately picked up the connection, it was old Brooke calling, and told him a very excited news: Tangren Bank has suspended the loan business to Wharton.
Wharton was so happy at this moment that he almost flew into the sky: "Haha, this is great! Mr. Brooke, you are really the best!"
After complimenting Old Brooke, he then reported to him: "Mr. Brooke, I am now following him in the restaurant in the city center, and I saw him meet with Mr. Wilson of the advertising department of the city television station, and I think that the matter must be discussing the broadcast of the advertisement, and judging from their expressions and the few phone calls Wilson made on the fly, I think they must have negotiated." ”
Wharton thought for a moment and continued: "I think with that Chinese's character, he will definitely ask for prime-time broadcasting, and the prime-time advertising price of the city TV station is 300,000 dollars per second, I don't know how they talk about it, but I think it must be at least more than 300,000 dollars, now Mr. Brooke, you cut off his loan, he is finished!"
Brooke on the other end of the phone just smiled lightly and said, "None of this matters, because these are not enough to put him in a state of no return, so you continue to watch him carefully, and feel free to contact me if there is any new news." ”
"Mr. Brooke, please rest assured, my hatred for that Chinese is extremely strong, and I don't want to seek revenge on him all the time! Wharton said.
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On the other side, Zhou Ming rushed to the Charles branch of the Tangren Bank as soon as he received the call, and Hoover was checking the loan materials here at this time.
After Zhou Ming came over, he was taken to the VIP room as soon as possible, and Chen Shu and Ye Ning were also here in the branch to promote insurance and wealth management products, so they also went in together.
Hoover was sitting on the sofa in the VIP room, and Zhou Ming came in and asked, "Mr. Hoover, what happened, didn't it mean that my loan had been approved by the head office? Why was the issuance suddenly suspended again?"
"Mr. Zhou Ming, don't be in a hurry first, you can sit down first. ”
Hoover said and beckoned to Zhou Ming for him to sit down first, and then said: "This question should not be asked to me, but to you, because I received a call from the National Credit Administration and the Bank of Massachusetts Management Office, saying that someone reported that Tangren Bank was suspected of illegal lending, mainly for your loan, so I had to stop this loan business." ”
This news made Zhou Ming and Chen Shu Ye Ning very surprised, and even a little inexplicable, Chen Shu immediately asked: "Someone reported us? This is impossible, what can this report us? Mr. Hoover, can you help us find out who is reporting?"
Hoover shook his head and said: "I'm sorry, there is no way to find out, first of all, these institutions have an obligation to keep the whistleblower confidential, and secondly, I think since someone dares to report, he will definitely be anonymous, are you right?"
"But are we really out of a loan at all? We really need this money now. Ye Ning said.
Hoover still shook his head: "It's really not good, you just came to the United States, you still don't know a lot of things, don't look at the United States as a country that advocates freedom, but the most annoying thing here is to be targeted by these government agencies, because they are all taking taxpayers' money all day long and have nothing to do; once they are targeted by the government, they will never give up if they don't peel off a layer of skin from you!"
"So......" Hoover finally said, "if I lend you money out of my own pocket, then I will not hesitate, but the point is that I don't have so much money, and this is a loan from the bank, and the government department has been eyeing it, I really can't help it, even I am in trouble now, don't you see that I have come out to the various branches to check the loan accounts?"
"Okay, I still have a lot of accounts to check, I'm sorry for the company, goodbye. ”
After saying that, Hoover got up and went out, Chen Shu and Ye Ning wanted to say something but were stopped by Zhou Ming, Zhou Ming said to them: "Okay, don't say anything, since we have heard the matter, let's go out too." ”